1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 16th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany, in 1966. During these championships, new elements were performed including a full-twisting piked dismount from high bar, a layout with full turn (rings), and a double somersault.[1]

1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
LocationWest Germany Dortmund, West Germany

Results
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
  Japan
Shuji Tsurumi
Akinori Nakayama
Takeshi Katō
Yukio Endo
Takashi Mitsukuri
Haruhiro Matsuda		  Soviet Union
Mikhail Voronin
Sergei Diomidov
Valery Kerdemelidi
Yuri Titov
Valery Karasev
Boris Shakhlin		  East Germany
Matthias Brehme
Gerhard Dietrich
Werner Dolling
Erwin Koppe
Siegfried Fulle
Peter Weber
Individual all-around
 Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin Japan Shuji Tsurumi Japan Akinori Nakayama
Floor
 Japan Akinori Nakayama Japan Yukio Endo Italy Franco Menichelli
Pommel horse
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Cerar Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin Japan Takeshi Katō
Rings
 Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin Japan Akinori Nakayama Italy Franco Menichelli
Vault
 Japan Haruhiro Matsuda Japan Takeshi Katō Japan Akinori Nakayama
Parallel bars
 Soviet Union Sergei Diomidov Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Cerar
Horizontal bar
 Japan Akinori Nakayama Japan Yukio Endo Japan Takashi Mitsukuri
Women
Team all-around
  Czechoslovakia
Věra Čáslavská
Jaroslava Sedláčková
Marianna Krajčírová
Jana Kubičková
Bohumila Řimnáčová
Jindra Košťálová		  Soviet Union
Natalia Kuchinskaya
Larisa Petrik
Zinaida Druzhinina
Larisa Latynina
Polina Astakhova
Olga Kharlova		  Japan
Keiko Ikeda
Taki Shibuya
Hiroko Ikenada
Taniko Mitsukuri
Yasuko Furuyama
Mitsuko Kandori
Individual all-around
 Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya Japan Keiko Ikeda
Vault
 Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská East Germany Erika Zuchold Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya
Uneven bars
 Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya Japan Keiko Ikeda Japan Taniko Mitsukuri
Balance beam
 Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
Floor
 Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská Soviet Union Zinaida Druzhinina

Medals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)65314
2 Japan (JPN)46717
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)3205
4 Yugoslavia (YUG)1012
5 East Germany (GDR)0112
6 Italy (ITA)0022
Totals (6 entries)14141442

Men

Team competition
RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan287.850287.300575.150
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union285.900285.000570.900
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany278.800282.200561.000
4  Czechoslovakia275.800275.400551.200
5  Poland274.200276.400550.600
6  United States273.850276.550550.400
7  Yugoslavia271.400276.750548.150
8  West Germany273.200274.800548.000
9  Italy273.450272.550546.000
10  France272.350272.900545.250
11  Finland267.750273.750541.700
12  Sweden270.600270.500541.100
13  Hungary262.150268.100530.250
14  Norway258.100266.850524.950
15  Cuba256.850257.350514.200
16  Spain252.350259.300511.650
17  Great Britain253.850255.200509.050
18  Canada243.800254.950498.750
19  Austria242.550250.100492.650
20  New Zealand212.050217.100429.150

All-around
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptional scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mikhail Voronin (URS)57.90058.250116.150
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)57.75057.500115.250
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)57.00057.960114.950
4  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)57.15057.600114.750
5  Franco Menichelli (ITA)57.20057.450114.650
6  Takashi Kato (JPN)57.15057.450114.600
7  Yukio Endo (JPN)57.55056.800114.350
8  Takashi Mitsukuri (JPN)57.10057.000114.100
9  Matthias Brehme (GDR)56.75057.300114.050
10  Haruhiro Matsuda (JPN)57.25056.600113.850
11  Sergei Diomidov (URS)57.60055.650113.250
12  Valery Kerdemelidi (URS)56.45056.450112.900

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.7509.65019.400
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yukio Endo (JPN)9.7009.67519.375
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Franco Menichelli (ITA)9.6509.65019.300
4  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6509.57519.225
5  Valery Karasyov (URS)9.4509.55019.000
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)9.3009.57518.875

Pommel Horse
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)9.8009.72519.525
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.7009.62519.325
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6009.52519.125
4  Matthias Brehme (GDR)9.5009.52519.025
5  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)9.5009.50019.000
6  Olli Laiho (FIN)9.2509.55018.800

Rings
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.9009.85019.750
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.7509.75019.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Franco Menichelli (ITA)9.8009.67519.475
4  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6509.65019.300
5  Sergei Diomidov (URS)9.5509.65019.200
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)3.0009.65012.650

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Haruhiro Matsuda (JPN)9.6759.75019.425
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6509.67519.325
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.5009.55019.050
4  Yukio Endo (JPN)9.1259.57518.700
5  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.1009.55018.650
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)0.0009.6009.600

Parallel Bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sergei Diamidov (URS)9.7509.80019.550
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.7009.70019.400
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)9.7009.65019.350
4  Franco Menichelli (ITA)9.6009.62519.225
5  Matthias Brehme (GDR)9.6009.60019.200
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)0.0009.6259.625

Horizontal Bar
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.9009.77519.675
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yukio Endo (JPN)9.8009.80019.600
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takashi Mitsukuri (JPN)9.7009.72519.425
4  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)9.7009.70019.400
4  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.7009.70019.400
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)0.0009.6759.675

Women

Team competition
RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia190.995192.630383.625
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union191.358192.229383.587
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan190.894190.029380.923
4  East Germany187.494190.324377.818
5  Hungary186.527187.362373.889
6  United States182.360185.260367.620
7  France183.193183.225366.418
8  Bulgaria182.694183.661366.355
9  Sweden181.429181.662363.091
10  West Germany181.093181.859362.952
11  Poland180.526182.394362.920
12  Norway173.127179.962252.089
13  Yugoslavia174.125175.528349.653
14  Netherlands172.660176.328348.988
15  Canada173.461172.693346.154
16  Israel168.662174.660343.322
17  Great Britain165.293173.360338.653
18  New Zealand168.459169.893338.352
19  South Africa168.693166.761335.454
20  Cuba168.894165.026333.920
21  Finland166.061166.295332.356
22  Austria161.228168.825330.053

All-around
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptional scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Věra Čáslavská (TCH)39.03239.26678.298
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)38.86539.23278.097
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Keiko Ikeda (JPN)38.59938.39876.997
4  Erika Zuchold (GDR)38.26538.33176.596
5  Jaroslava Sedláčková (TCH)38.09938.36676.465
6  Larisa Petrik (URS)37.96638.40076.366
7  Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová (TCH)37.99938.22276.332
8  Jana Kubičková (TCH)37.93338.29976.232
9  Taki Shibuya (JPN)38.23237.93376.165
10  Zinaida Druzhinina (URS)37.83138.33376.164
11  Larisa Latynina (URS)38.09937.99976.098
12  Hiroko Ikenada (JPN)38.26637.73375.999

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.7839.75019.583
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Erika Zuchold (GDR)9.7339.66619.399
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.6669.65019.316
4  Ute Starke (GDR)9.6669.55019.216
5  Jana Kubičková (TCH)9.6339.56619.199
6  Hiroko Ikenada (JPN)9.6009.55019.150

Uneven Bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.8009.81619.616
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Keiko Ikeda (JPN)9.7669.80019.566
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Taniko Mitsukuri (JPN)9.8009.71619.516
4  Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.6669.81619.482
5  Polina Astakhova (URS)9.7009.71619.146
6  Taki Shibuya (JPN)9.6009.73319.333

Balance Beam
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.9009.75019.650
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.6009.73319.333
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Larisa Petrik (URS)9.6009.65019.250
4  Keiko Ikeda (JPN)9.7009.53319.233
5  Anikó Ducza-Jánosi (HUN)9.6339.60019.233
6  Jaroslava Sedláčková (TCH)9.6009.58319.183

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.9009.83319.733
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.8339.85019.683
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zinaida Druzhinina (URS)9.9339.73319.666
4  Larisa Petrik (URS)9.7669.65019.416
5  Jana Kubičková (TCH)9.7009.66319.363
6  Yasuko Furuyama (JPN)9.6669.65019.316

References
  1. Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 88.
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